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RICARDO JORGE NUNES SANTOS. Completed the Mestrado in Engenharia Agronómica in 2021 by Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias and Licenciatura in Biologia in 2018/06/13 by Universidade de Aveiro. Attends the Doutoramento in Agriculture and Forestry Sciences by Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Centro de Investigação e de Tecnologias Agro-Ambientais e Biologicas since 2023/10/01. Published 1 articles in journals. Participated in 4 event(s). Has received 1 awards and/or honors. Participates and/or participated as PhD Student Fellow in 1 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Agrarian Sciences with emphasis on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries with emphasis on Plant Breeding and Plant Protection and Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences with emphasis on Molecular Biology. In his curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are: Vigna unguiculata L. Walp; drought stress tolerance; legumes diversity; genetic resources; landraces; phenotypic descriptors; water scarcity; Southern European agriculture; root development; virus-induced gene silencing; cloning; PCR; qPCR; simple sequence repeat markers; Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp; tolerância à seca; diversidade genética; microssatélites; descritores fenotípicos; .
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
RICARDO JORGE NUNES SANTOS

Citation names

  • Santos, Ricardo

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
861C-F891-252D
ORCID iD
0000-0001-7110-1245

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 915995962 (Personal)

Knowledge fields

  • Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Plant Breeding and Plant Protection
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Education
Degree Classification
2023/10/01 - 2027/10/01
Ongoing
 Agriculture and Forestry Sciences (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Centro de Investigação e de Tecnologias Agro-Ambientais e Biologicas, Portugal
"The use of UV radiation in viticulture to induce plant defenses and enhance resistance to diseases and pests: physiological and biochemical evaluation. UVFRIO [UV FRIend OF the VIne]" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2021
Concluded
 Engenharia Agronómica (Mestrado)
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro Escola de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Portugal
"COWPEA GENETIC DIVERSITY AND SCREENING OF DROUGHT TOLERANT GENOTYPES" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2014/09/08 - 2018/06/13
Concluded
 Biologia (Licenciatura)
Major in Menor em Biologia Aplicada
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Organelle dynamics in cancer and virus-infected cells" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution		 Employer
2022/04/01 - 2023/12/31 Biology and Geology tutor Letras e Cálculos, Portugal
2021/07/31 - 2023/07/07 Employee Supsell - Comércio e Serviços, Unipessoal Lda, Portugal
2017/11/01 - 2018/02/28 Internship Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands
Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands
Projects

Other

Designation Funders
2025/01/01 - 2028/01/01 UVineSafe – Uso de radiação UV para induzir resistência na vinha contra pragas e doenças
PD24-00002 UVineSafe
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
 Fundación Bancaria Caixa d'Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona 'la Caixa'

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

BPI
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Tavares, F.; Pereira, SANDRA; Branco, Zélia; Moura, Renata; Baltazar, M.; Dinis, L.-T. "Can UV-C light induce defenses in grapevines? Evaluation of its effect under different application regimes". Paper presented in Inov4Agro Scholarship Researchers’ Day – 3rd edition, 2025.
  2. Santos, Ricardo; N. Ben Sedrine; Silva, Pedro; Pinheiro, Manuel Duarte; Baltazar, Miguel; Pereira, Sandra; Paulo Mendes; Dinis, Lia-Tânia; Isabel Cortez. "Exploring UV-C light as a Sustainable Strategy for Disease Control in Vineyards". Paper presented in VIII Jornadas de Engenharia Agronómica, 2024.
  3. Santos, Ricardo; Carvalho, Márcia; Castro, Isaura; Rosa, Eduardo; Carnide, Valdemar. "Avaliação de genótipos de feijão-frade da Península Ibérica em condições de stresse hídrico". Paper presented in IV Jornadas de Engenharia Agronómica, 2020.
  4. Carvalho, Márcia; Castro, Isaura; Santos, Ricardo; Rosa, Eduardo; Carnide, Valdemar. "Cowpea root RNA extraction and protocols comparison". Paper presented in XII Jornadas de Genética e Biotecnologia/II Jornadas Ibéricas de Genética y Biotecnología, 2020.
Journal article
  1. Santos, Ricardo; Carvalho, Márcia; Rosa, Eduardo; Carnide, Valdemar; Castro, Isaura. "Root and Agro-Morphological Traits Performance in Cowpea under Drought Stress". (2020): http://hdl.handle.net/10348/10307.
Magazine article
  1. Santos, Ricardo; N. Ben Sedrine; Carvalho, R.; Aires, Alfredo; Pereira, SANDRA; Baltazar, M.; Mendes, Paulo; Cortez, Isabel; Dinis, L.-T. "Luz Ultravioleta: uma abordagem inovadora e sustentável para o controlo do míldio da videira", Agrotec, 2025
  2. N. Ben Sedrine; Mendes, Paulo; Santos, Ricardo; Baltazar, M.; Pereira, SANDRA; Dinis, L.-T; Bollanti, Sarah; et al. "Focus on Food and Beverage Safety: UV Light, an Ecofriendly Abiotic “Vaccine” for Plants", UV Solutions, 2024, https://uvsolutionsmag.com/articles/2024/focus-on-food-and-beverage-safety-uv-light-an-ecofriendly-abiotic-vaccine-for-plants/.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Cowpea genetic diversity and screening of drought tolerant genotypes". Master, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, 2021. https://repositorio.utad.pt/handle/10348/10407.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/11/04 UV-C Light as a tool to control grapevine diseases:from laboratory to the field Inov4Agro - Scholarship Researchers’ Day – 3rd edition
Institute for innovation, capacity building and sustainability of agri-food production (Inov4Agro) (Vila Real, Portugal)
2025/10/07 UV-C as a Multifunctional Tool for Sustainable Viticulture: A novel approach Integrating Disease Suppression with Induced Resistance IUVA World Congress
International Ultraviolet Association (Lisboa, Portugal)
2025/05/10 Luz Ultravioleta: Uma Abordagem Inovadora e Sustentável para o Controlo do Míldio Colóquio: O míldio da videira em viveiros vitícolas
Viticert (Óbidos, Portugal)
2024/10/07 ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DISEASE CONTROL IN VINEYARDS: IMPACTS ON PLANTS, PATHOGENS AND AUXILLIARY MICROFAUNA Inov4Agro Scholarship Researchers’ Day – 2nd edition
(Vairão, Portugal)
2021/03/16 Seleção de genótipos de feijão-frade tolerantes ao stresse hídrico - avaliação por parâmetros morfológicos e fisiológicos. Jornadas da Ciência
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (Vila Real, Portugal)
2020/02/20 How close are Portuguese and African cowpea accessions? An evaluation by SSR markers. XII Jornadas de Genética e Biotecnologia/XII Jornadas Ibéricas de Genética y Biotecnología
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (Vila Real, Portugal)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event		 Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/12/05 - Current Frontiers Forum Deep Dive session on enabling sustainable crop protection. Prof Brigitte Mauch-Mani led an expert panel to explore how induced resistance in plants can help reduce pesticide use, increase crop resilience, and boost crop quality.
Seminar
 Enabling sustainable crop protection with induced resistance in plants
2021/05/05 - 2021/05/05 Participação no Webinar - Public Speaking da Disruptive Media Training em parceria com o Núcleo de Estudantes de Biologia da Associação Académica da Universidade de Aveiro.
Seminar
 Webinar - Public Speaking
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2017/10/03 - 2017/10/05 Workshop de 2 horas, no âmbito do Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Biotecnologia, que consistiu na apresentação do processo de vinificação.
Workshop
 III ENEBT- Terceiro Encontro de Estudantes de Biotecnologia
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2016/03/18 - 2016/03/22 Workshop, no âmbito do XIX Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Biologia, onde foi abordado o tema Antropologia Forense, Lesões Traumáticas.
Workshop
 XIX Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Biologia
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2025/10/01 - 2025/11/01 This was a one-month research collaboration with Damián Balfagón at Universitat Jaume I, where I focused on mastering advanced analytical techniques for plant physiology. The goal of this stay was to analyze the hormonal profile of grapevine leaves to better understand how UV light (UV-C) can be used to induce natural resistance in plants. Key Skills & Techniques Acquired: Quantified ABA, IAA, JA, and SA using UPLC interfaced with a TQD triple quadrupole mass spectrometer. Universitat Jaume I, Spain
Distinctions

Award

2025 Jim Bolton Award for Outstanding Student Presentation (2nd Place)
International Ultraviolet Association Inc, United States